| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica aristata Andrews sect. Euryloma |
| Bibliography | Col. Engr. Heaths 3: 147 (1809) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and heaths |
| Description | glabrous, leaves curvate, narrowly oblong, acute, rigidly ciliate, 5-8mm, umbels 4-flowered, pedicels viscid, 6mm, sepals linear, acute, coriaceous, corolla tubular-ventricose |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | purple-white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Erica aristata var. brenesii H.I.Low ex J.Dix Erica aristata var. lowii H Erica clowieana Benth. Erica coruscans L.Bolus Erica ducalis Klotzsch Erica forbesiana Klotzsch Erica hartnellii Klotzsch Erica lycopodioides Lodd. ex Benth. Erica pinguis Klotzsch Erica sprengelii Endl. Ericoides aristatum (Andrews) Kuntze Ericoides lycopodioides Kuntze Euryloma ampullaceoides G.Don Euryloma aristata (Andrews) G.Don Euryloma crinita (G.Lodd. ex J.Forbes) G.Don Euryloma hartnelli G.Don Euryloma tricolor G.Don |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |